Atika Kemal’s research interests are digital technologies for inclusion and socio-economic development, digital innovation, and gender, especially in developing countries. Her thesis, Mobile Banking for Financial Inclusion in Pakistan, illustrated how digital innovation in a government social cash program affected the economic and social livelihoods of poor women in Pakistan. https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/contributor/atika-kemal/rss en Financial Inclusion Solutions Fri, 26 Jan 2018 11:00:00 +0000 Atika Kemal https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/community/2018/01/26/how-digital-payments-revolutionized-poor-womens-lives-in-pakistan https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/community/2018/01/26/how-digital-payments-revolutionized-poor-womens-lives-in-pakistan Pakistan’s women-focused social benefits payment system shows how the use of digital technologies not only increases financial access for women, but also gives them a voice at home and in the political landscape, writes researcher Atika Kemal.